Trends in Teaching Critical Reading in the Thai Context
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1302.17Keywords:
critical reading, English Language Teaching (ELT), teaching levelsAbstract
This study identifies and reviews recent research on trends in teaching methods and teaching levels for teaching critical reading skills in Thailand. Thirteen relevant studies were analyzed, including academic documents and research published between 2011 and 2022. The data were organized into two categories including the teaching methods and teaching levels. The results revealed eight popular teaching methods for teaching critical reading skills, including literature-based instruction, the group reading strategy (GRS), the QUEST analysis method, the multimodal tasks method, the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) model, the program for international student assessment (PISA) reading literacy assessment method, the applied linguistic-based method, and the survey, question, read, recite, record, react, and review (SQ5R) method. Moreover, critical reading is taught at three levels in Thailand: the university level, secondary school level, and elementary school level. This study is for those interested in finding an appropriate method for teaching critical reading in the Thai context.
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